With increasingly unaffordable healthcare costs, higher deductible health plans, and confusing medical billing statements, Americans are simply turning away from healthcare. This article will discuss how healthcare affordability and care avoidance are closely linked and how both affect patients, employers, and providers. In addition, it will explain why even patients with insurance are in desperate need of a new financial payment model that addresses the burden of healthcare costs.
On episode 63 I talk with Brendon Kensel, CEO and Founder of PrimaHealth Credit. PrimaHealth Credit is a fintech company that's working to democratize access to healthcare by improving financing options available to patients.
The CEO and Co-Founder of PayZen, Itzik Cohen, takes about creating the operating system for healthcare affordability as medical debt continues to be a burden for a large percentage of the population.